"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee f/Justin Bieber (UMLE/RBMG/Def Jam/Republic) takes the top berth on this week's BuzzAngle Music-powered Song Revenue Chart, earning a nifty $240k. While the rest of the Top 10 hasn't shifted radically from last week, Def Jam's Logic flies #27-11...
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The death of singer Chris Cornell has pushed Soundgarden and Audioslave tracks and albums to the top of iTunes charts with the 20th anniversary edition of 1994’s Superunknown (A&M) sitting at #1. Seven Cornell projects (including solo efforts and Temple of the Dog) are in the Top 15 at midday.
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Chris Cornell, whose forceful vocals filled with wails and growls powered Soundgarden, a crucial component of the early Seattle grunge scene, died Wednesday night after a performance in Detroit. He was 52.
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Looks like grime has gone legit. One of the genre’s most influential practitioners, Skepta, took home both Songwriter of the Year and Best Contemporary Song at the Ivor Novello Awards
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THE STATE OF BRITISH RADIO: Q1BBC Radio 1’s audience further declined in the first quarter of the year to reach its lowest-ever audience share with 9.1m listeners per week...
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Insiders at Sony say that at a meeting Tuesday with the heads of the Epic team it became apparent that President Sylvia Rhone will be in charge of guiding the company on a day-to-day basis, as the team attempts...
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Sure, it seems there's an FBI memo documenting attempts by the President to kibosh an investigation into his administration. But we've got new numbers on Harry Styles and other top titles, and that's pretty hot too.
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Selena Gomez has just dropped single "Bad Liar" via Interscope Records, which contains a provocative sample from the Talking Heads' 1977 song "Psycho Killer." It's already flown up to...
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“It’s really a celebration of that album but done with new spirit, from where they currently are," manager Guy Oseary told us from the road. It’s been the soundtrack to so many people’s lives.”
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Music Biz attendees in Nashville Wednesday heard Little Big Town perform in honor of Mike Dungan, Troy Carter discuss the 10-year plan for Spotify and Jim Donio threaten to spend next year’s conference on a beach sipping rum.
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